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Standard
Location Variable
Name
1-3
SITE
4-13
SCHOOL
14-16
CLASS
17-17
Q1
18-18
19-19
Q2
Q3
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
How old are you?
11 years old or younger
1
12 years old
2
13 years old
3
14 years old
4
15 years old
5
16 years old or older
6
Missing
29
26
261
679
938
1,221
61
0.8
1.0
9.6
22.0
28.8
37.8
What is your sex?
Male
1
Female
2
Missing
1,615
1,527
73
51.2
48.8
In what grade are you?
S1
1
S2
2
S3
3
Missing
1,030
1,144
945
96
39.0
33.2
27.8
1,457
387
1,046
154
142
29
45.3
11.8
33.5
4.9
4.4
Country
Question
Number
Site Code
School Codes
Class Codes
Q1
Q2
Q3
20-23
Q4
Q6
How tall are you without your shoes on? (Note:
Data are in meters.)
24-29
Q5
Q7
How much do you weigh without your shoes on?
(Note: Data are in kilograms.)
30-30
Q6
Q8
During the past 30 days, how often did you go
hungry because there was not enough food in
your home?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
1
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Name
31-31
32-32
33-33
Q7
Q8
Q9
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q9
During the past 30 days, how many times per day
did you usually eat fruit, such as ripe bananas,
mangoes, oranges, guavas, avocado, or pawpaw?
I did not eat fruit during the
1
past 30 days
Less than one time per day
2
1 time per day
3
2 times per day
4
3 times per day
5
4 times per day
6
5 or more times per day
7
Missing
Q10
Q15
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how many times per day
did you usually eat vegetables, such as dodo,
gobe, ntula, sekuma wiki, buga, or nakati?
I did not eat vegetables
1
during the past 30 days
Less than one time per day
2
1 time per day
3
2 times per day
4
3 times per day
5
4 times per day
6
5 or more times per day
7
Missing
During the past 30 days, how many times per day
did you usually clean or brush your teeth?
I did not clean or brush my
1
teeth during the past 30 days
1 time per day
2
2 times per day
3
3 times per day
4
4 or more times per day
5
Missing
Weighted
Percent
477
15.4
583
916
563
314
95
246
21
18.1
28.5
17.0
10.1
3.0
7.9
672
20.8
539
947
651
142
73
151
40
17.3
29.8
20.2
4.7
2.5
4.7
70
2.1
871
923
868
460
23
26.8
28.9
27.4
14.8
2
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Location Variable
Name
34-34
35-35
36-36
37-37
Q10
Q11
Q12
Q13
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q16
During the past 30 days, how often did you wash
your hands before eating?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
88
108
199
627
2,137
56
2.9
3.2
6.4
19.5
68.1
During the past 30 days, how often did you wash
your hands after using the toilet or latrine?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
134
111
318
592
1,948
112
4.5
3.6
10.6
19.2
62.0
During the past 30 days, how often did you use
soap when washing your hands?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
181
255
870
700
1,177
32
5.9
7.5
27.5
22.0
37.1
Q17
Q18
Q21
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 12 months, how many times were
you physically attacked?
Missing
3,215
3
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Name
38-38
39-39
40-40
Q14
Q15
Q16
Country
Question
Number
Q22
Q23
Q24
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 12 months, how many times were
you in a physical fight?
0 times
2,081
1
1 time
506
2
2 or 3 times
301
3
4
or
5
times
86
4
6 or 7 times
56
5
8 or 9 times
36
6
10 or 11 times
18
7
12 or more times
94
8
Missing
37
64.8
16.3
9.6
2.7
1.9
1.1
0.6
2.9
During the past 12 months, how many times were
you seriously injured?
0 times
1
1 time
2
2 or 3 times
3
4 or 5 times
4
6 or 7 times
5
8 or 9 times
6
10 or 11 times
7
12 or more times
8
Missing
818
653
481
159
65
30
23
98
888
34.5
28.3
21.2
6.8
2.6
1.3
1.1
4.1
828
34.4
588
25.3
248
10.5
229
43
10.3
1.7
181
7.7
109
134
855
4.7
5.4
During the past 12 months, what were you doing
when the most serious injury happened to you?
I was not seriously injured
1
during the past 12 months
Playing or training for a
2
sport
Walking or running, but not
3
as part of playing or training
for a sport
Riding a bicycle or scooter
4
Riding or driving in a car or
5
other motor vehicle
Doing any paid or unpaid
6
work, including housework,
yard work, or cooking
Nothing
7
Something else
8
Missing
4
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41-41
42-42
Q17
Q18
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q25
During the past 12 months, what was the major
cause of the most serious injury that happened to
you?
I was not seriously injured
1
during the past 12 months
I was in a motor vehicle
2
accident or hit by a motor
vehicle
I fell
3
Something fell on me or hit
4
me
I was fighting with someone
5
I was attacked, assaulted, or
6
abused by someone
I was in a fire or too near a
7
flame or something hot
Something else caused my
8
injury
Missing
Q26
During the past 12 months, how did the most
serious injury happen to you?
I was not seriously injured
1
during the past 12 months
I hurt myself by accident
2
Someone else hurt me by
3
accident
I hurt myself on purpose
4
Someone else hurt me on
5
purpose
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
823
34.6
194
8.4
491
269
21.6
11.7
94
74
4.1
3.3
117
5.1
270
11.3
883
817
35.0
661
385
29.2
16.8
235
189
10.6
8.3
928
5
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Name
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q27
Q28
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
827
34.4
434
18.4
552
23.9
135
5.9
33
102
54
1.5
4.4
2.4
216
9.2
During the past 12 months, what was the most
serious injury that happened to you?
I was not seriously injured
1
during the past 12 months
I had a broken bone or a
2
dislocated joint
I had a cut, puncture, or stab
3
wound
I had a concussion or other
4
head or neck injury, was
knocked out, or could not
breathe
I had a gunshot wound
5
I had a bad burn
6
I lost all or part of a foot,
7
leg, hand, or arm
Something else happened to
8
me
Missing
During the past 30 days, on how many days were
you bullied?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 to 5 days
3
6 to 9 days
4
10 to 19 days
5
20 to 29 days
6
All 30 days
7
Missing
862
1,601
750
269
96
46
25
82
346
54.1
27.5
9.2
3.5
1.7
1.1
2.9
6
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Name
45-45
46-46
47-47
Q21
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q29
Q32
Q33
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied
most often?
I was not bullied during the
1
past 30 days
I was hit, kicked, pushed,
2
shoved around, or locked
indoors
I was made fun of because
3
of my race or color
I was made fun of because
4
of my religion
I was made fun of with
5
sexual jokes, comments, or
gestures
I was left out of activities on
6
purpose or completely
ignored
I was made fun of because
7
of how my body or face
looks
I was bullied in some other
8
way
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
1,583
53.9
335
12.4
196
7.0
176
6.2
115
4.2
80
3.1
134
4.6
227
8.6
369
During the past 12 months, how often have you
felt lonely?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
1,152
578
1,059
197
161
68
37.1
17.8
33.7
6.1
5.2
During the past 12 months, how often have you
been so worried about something that you could
not sleep at night?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
1,204
591
1,043
247
117
13
37.4
17.7
33.1
7.9
3.8
7
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Name
48-48
49-49
50-50
51-51
52-52
Q24
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q34
During the past 12 months, did you ever feel so
sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks
or more in a row that you stopped doing your
usual activities?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,313
1,827
75
41.9
58.1
Q35
Q36
Q37
Q40
During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously
consider attempting suicide?
Yes
585
1
No
2,512
2
Missing
118
19.6
80.4
During the past 12 months, did you make a plan
about how you would attempt suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
666
2,451
98
21.6
78.4
How many close friends do you have?
0
1
1
2
2
3
3 or more
4
Missing
320
649
728
1,444
74
10.3
21.0
23.2
45.5
2,551
89.6
73
40
51
60
40
29
371
2.5
1.4
1.8
2.3
1.3
1.1
How old were you when you first tried a
cigarette?
I have never smoked
1
cigarettes
7 years old or younger
2
8 or 9 years old
3
10 or 11 years old
4
12 or 13 years old
5
14 or 15 years old
6
16 years old or older
7
Missing
8
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53-53
54-54
55-55
56-56
Q29
Q30
Q31
Q32
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q41
During the past 30 days, on how many days did
you smoke cigarettes?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 to 5 days
3
6 to 9 days
4
10 to 19 days
5
20 to 29 days
6
All 30 days
7
Missing
2,938
76
28
8
15
3
11
136
95.1
2.6
1.0
0.3
0.6
0.1
0.4
During the past 30 days, on how many days did
you use any other form of tobacco, such as pipe
smoking or cigar smoking?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 to 5 days
3
6 to 9 days
4
10 to 19 days
5
20 to 29 days
6
All 30 days
7
Missing
3,001
93
44
14
13
7
25
18
93.5
3.1
1.4
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.8
Q42
Q48
Q49
During the past 12 months, have you ever tried to
stop smoking cigarettes?
I have never smoked
2,267
1
cigarettes
I did not smoke cigarettes
256
2
during the past 12 months
Yes
144
3
No
163
4
Missing
385
During the past 7 days, on how many days have
people smoked in your presence?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 or 4 days
3
5 or 6 days
4
All 7 days
5
Missing
1,754
569
233
96
517
46
79.7
9.1
5.4
5.8
53.8
18.1
7.4
3.2
17.6
9
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57-57
58-58
59-59
Q33
Q34
Q35
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q50
Which of your parents or guardians use any form
of tobacco?
Neither
1
My father or male guardian
2
My mother or female
3
guardian
Both
4
I do not know
5
Missing
Q52
Q53
During the past 30 days, on how many days did
you have at least one drink containing alcohol?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 to 5 days
3
6 to 9 days
4
10 to 19 days
5
20 to 29 days
6
All 30 days
7
Missing
During the past 30 days, on the days you drank
alcohol, how many drinks did you usually drink
per day?
I did not drink alcohol
1
during the past 30 days
Less than one drink
2
1 drink
3
2 drinks
4
3 drinks
5
4 drinks
6
5 or more drinks
7
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
2,235
316
74
70.0
10.5
2.3
63
457
70
2.2
15.0
2,474
286
80
27
21
11
11
305
84.7
9.9
3.0
0.9
0.7
0.4
0.4
2,415
83.2
179
186
56
14
13
25
327
6.1
6.8
2.1
0.5
0.4
0.9
10
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60-60
61-61
62-62
63-63
Q36
Q37
Q38
Q39
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q54
During the past 30 days, how did you usually get
the alcohol you drank?
I did not drink alcohol
1
during the past 30 days
I bought it in a store, shop,
2
or from a street vendor
I gave someone else money
3
to buy it for me
I got it from my friends
4
I got it from home
5
I stole it
6
I made it myself
7
I got it some other way
8
Missing
Q57
Q58
Q62
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
2,434
84.4
81
2.8
65
2.3
126
115
17
16
16
345
4.5
4.2
0.6
0.6
0.6
During your life, how many times did you drink
so much alcohol that you were really drunk?
0 times
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
2,629
421
85
51
29
82.3
13.2
2.8
1.7
During your life, how many times have you ever
had a hang-over, felt sick, got into trouble with
your family or friends, missed school, or got into
fights, as a result of drinking alcohol?
0 times
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
2,504
452
113
110
36
78.5
14.5
3.6
3.4
During your life, how many times have you used
drugs marijuana (njaga or bangi) or opium (njaye)
or sniffed aviation fuel?
0 times
2,841
1
1 or 2 times
171
2
3 to 9 times
62
3
10 or more times
62
4
Missing
79
90.5
5.4
2.1
2.0
11
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64-64
65-65
66-66
67-67
68-68
Q40
Q41
Q42
Q43
Q44
Country
Question
Number
Q63
Q64
Q66
Q69
Q78
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
604
1,511
1,100
28.5
71.5
1,510
70.5
178
59
66
119
108
107
1,068
8.2
2.8
3.2
5.5
5.0
4.9
1,530
71.6
294
141
57
38
15
68
1,072
13.6
6.4
2.7
1.7
0.7
3.4
333
2,383
499
12.0
88.0
1,502
71.8
377
216
1,120
17.9
10.2
Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
How old were you when you had sexual
intercourse for the first time?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
11 years old or younger
2
12 years old
3
13 years old
4
14 years old
5
15 years old
6
16 years old or older
7
Missing
During your life, with how many people have
you had sexual intercourse?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
1 person
2
2 people
3
3 people
4
4 people
5
5 people
6
6 or more people
7
Missing
During the past 12 months, have you had sexual
intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you
or your partner use a condom ?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
Yes
2
No
3
Missing
12
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69-69
70-70
71-71
Q45
Q46
Q47
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q80
During the past 7 days, on how many days were
you physically active for a total of at least 60
minutes per day?
0 days
1
1 day
2
2 days
3
3 days
4
4 days
5
5 days
6
6 days
7
7 days
8
Missing
829
587
519
272
167
148
108
466
119
27.0
19.6
16.7
8.8
5.3
4.7
3.5
14.4
During a typical or usual week, on how many
days are you physically active for a total of at
least 60 minutes per day?
0 days
1
1 day
2
2 days
3
3 days
4
4 days
5
5 days
6
6 days
7
7 days
8
Missing
833
719
542
273
155
135
109
402
47
26.3
23.3
17.0
8.6
4.9
4.1
3.6
12.2
Q81
Q82
How much time do you spend during a typical or
usual day sitting and watching television, playing
computer games, talking with friends, or doing
other sitting activities playing cards or mweso or
reading novels?
Less than 1 hour per day
1,212
1
1 to 2 hours per day
1,068
2
3
to
4
hours
per
day
428
3
5 to 6 hours per day
150
4
7 to 8 hours per day
82
5
More
than
8
hours
per
day
164
6
Missing
111
38.9
34.9
13.7
4.5
2.6
5.4
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72-72
73-73
74-74
75-75
Q48
Q49
Q50
Q51
Country
Question
Number
Q83
Q84
Q87
Q89
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 7 days, on how many days did
you walk or ride a bicycle to and from school?
0 days
1
1 day
2
2 days
3
3 days
4
4 days
5
5 days
6
6 days
7
7 days
8
Missing
1,468
303
235
87
63
355
80
493
131
46.4
10.4
8.1
2.8
2.1
11.3
2.6
16.3
During the past 7 days, how long did it usually
take for you to get to and from school each day?
Less than 10 minutes per day
1
10 to 19 minutes per day
2
20 to 29 minutes per day
3
30 to 39 minutes per day
4
40 to 49 minutes per day
5
50 to 59 minutes per day
6
60 or more minutes per day
7
Missing
1,281
510
311
265
116
92
500
140
40.7
16.6
10.3
8.8
3.9
3.0
16.7
During the past 30 days, on how many days did
you miss classes or school without permission?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 to 5 days
3
6 to 9 days
4
10 or more days
5
Missing
2,000
742
239
87
87
60
62.6
24.2
7.6
2.7
2.8
469
402
910
517
779
138
15.5
13.0
29.5
16.9
25.1
During the past 30 days, how often were most of
the students in your school kind and helpful?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
14
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
76-76
77-77
78-78
146-146
Q52
Q53
Q54
QN6
Country
Question
Number
Q90
Q91
Q92
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians check to see if your
homework was done?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
873
317
686
464
816
59
26.9
9.9
22.0
15.0
26.2
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians understand your problems
and worries?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
639
375
836
538
722
105
20.3
11.6
27.2
17.5
23.3
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians really know what you were
doing with your free time?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
589
370
819
555
745
137
18.6
11.6
26.7
18.4
24.6
296
2,890
29
9.3
90.7
Percentage of students who went hungry most of
the time or always during the past 30 days
because there was not enough food in their home
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
15
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
147-147
148-148
149-149
150-150
151-151
152-152
QN7
QN8
QN9
QN10
QN11
QN12
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit, such
as ripe bananas, mangoes, oranges, guavas,
avocado, or pawpaw one or more times per day
during the past 30 days
Yes
2,134
1
No
1,060
2
Missing
21
Percentage of students who usually ate
vegetables, such as dodo, gobe, ntula, sekuma
wiki, buga, or nakati one or more times per day
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,964
1,211
40
Percentage of students who did not clean or brush
their teeth during the past 30 days
Yes
70
1
No
3,122
2
Missing
23
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands before eating during the past
30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
196
2,963
56
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands after using the toilet or latrine
during the past 30 days
Yes
245
1
No
2,858
2
Missing
112
Percentage of students who never or rarely used
soap when washing their hands during the past 30
days
Yes
436
1
No
2,747
2
Missing
32
Weighted
Percent
66.5
33.5
61.9
38.1
2.1
97.9
6.0
94.0
8.1
91.9
13.5
86.5
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
153-153
154-154
155-155
156-156
157-157
158-158
QN13
QN14
QN15
QN16
QN17
QN18
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months - Data not available
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
3,215
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12 months
Yes
1,097
1
No
2,081
2
Missing
37
35.2
64.8
Percentage of students who were seriously
injured one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,509
818
888
65.5
34.5
Of students who were seriously injured during
the past 12 months, the percentage whose most
serious injury happened to them while they were
playing or training for a sport
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
575
928
1,712
38.4
61.6
Of students who were seriously injured during
the past 12 months, the percentage whose most
serious injury was the result of a fall
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
484
1,000
1,731
33.1
66.9
Of students who were seriously injured during
the past 12 months, the percentage whose most
serious injury was the result of them hurting
themselves by accident
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
653
793
1,769
45.1
54.9
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
159-159
160-160
161-161
162-162
163-163
164-164
QN19
QN20
QN21
QN22
QN23
QN24
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Of students who were seriously injured during
the past 12 months, the percentage who had a
broken bone or dislocated joint as their most
serious injury
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
428
1,069
1,718
28.2
71.8
Percentage of students who were bullied on one
or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,268
1,601
346
45.9
54.1
Of students who were bullied during the past 30
days, the percentage who were bullied most often
by being hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around, or
locked indoors
Yes
331
1
No
908
2
Missing
1,976
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of
the time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
358
2,789
68
Percentage of students who most of the time or
always felt so worried about something that they
could not sleep at night during the past 12 months
Yes
364
1
No
2,838
2
Missing
13
Percentage of students who felt sad or hopeless
almost every day for two weeks or more in a row
that they stopped doing their usual activities
during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,313
1,827
75
27.0
73.0
11.3
88.7
11.7
88.3
41.9
58.1
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
165-165
166-166
167-167
168-168
169-169
170-170
QN25
QN26
QN27
QN28
QN29
QN30
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who seriously considered
attempting suicide during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
585
2,512
118
19.6
80.4
Percentage of students who made a plan about
how they would attempt suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
666
2,451
98
21.6
78.4
Percentage of students who have no close friends
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
320
2,821
74
10.3
89.7
Of students who smoked cigarettes on one or
more of the past 30 days, the percentage who
tried their first cigarette at age 9 or younger
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
46
84
3,085
33.4
66.6
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
141
2,938
136
4.9
95.1
Percentage of students who used any other form
of tobacco, such as pipe smoking or cigar
smoking on one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
196
3,001
18
6.5
93.5
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
171-171
172-172
173-173
174-174
175-175
176-176
QN31
QN32
QN33
QN34
QN35
QN36
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Of students who smoked cigarettes on one or
more of the past 30 days, the percentage who
tried to stop smoking cigarettes during the past 12
months
Yes
144
1
No
163
2
Missing
2,908
Weighted
Percent
47.9
52.1
Percentage of students who reported people
smoking in their presence on one or more of the
past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,415
1,754
46
46.2
53.8
Percentage of students who have a parent or
guardian who uses any form of tobacco
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
453
2,692
70
15.0
85.0
Percentage of students who drank alcohol on one
or more of the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
436
2,474
305
15.3
84.7
Percentage of students who drank one or more
drinks per day on the days they drank alcohol
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
294
2,594
327
10.7
89.3
Percentage of students who usually got the
alcohol they drank by buying it in a store, shop,
or from a street vendor during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
81
2,789
345
2.8
97.2
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
177-177
178-178
179-179
180-180
181-181
182-182
QN37
QN38
QN39
QN40
QN41
QN42
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who drank so much
alcohol that they were really drunk one or more
times during their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
557
2,629
29
17.7
82.3
Percentage of students who had a hang-over, felt
sick, got into trouble with family or friends,
missed school, or got into fights, as a result of
drinking alcohol one or more times during their
life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
675
2,504
36
21.5
78.5
Percentage of students who used drugs, such as
marijuana (njaga or bangi) or opium (njaye) or
sniffed aviation fuel one or more times during
their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
295
2,841
79
9.5
90.5
Percentage of students who have ever had sexual
intercourse
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
604
1,511
1,100
28.5
71.5
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse for the first time before age 13
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
237
1,910
1,068
11.1
88.9
Percentage of students who have had sexual
intercourse with two or more people during their
life time
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
319
1,824
1,072
14.8
85.2
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
183-183
184-184
185-185
186-186
187-187
188-188
QN43
QN44
QN45
QN46
QN47
QN48
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
333
2,383
499
12.0
88.0
Of students who had sexual intercourse during
the past 12 months, the percentage who used a
condom the last time they had sexual intercourse
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
242
83
2,890
74.2
25.8
Percentage of students who were physically
active seven days for a total of at least 60 minutes
per day during the past seven days
Yes
466
1
No
2,630
2
Missing
119
Percentage of students who were physically
active seven days for a total of at least 60 minutes
per day during a typical or usual week
Yes
402
1
No
2,766
2
Missing
47
Percentage of students who spent three or more
hours per day sitting and watching television,
playing computer games, talking with friends, or
doing other sitting activities, such as playing
cards or mweso or reading novels during a typical
or usual day
Yes
824
1
No
2,280
2
Missing
111
Percentage of students who did not walk or ride a
bicycle to and from school during the past seven
days
Yes
1,468
1
No
1,616
2
Missing
131
14.4
85.6
12.2
87.8
26.3
73.7
46.4
53.6
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
189-189
190-190
191-191
192-192
193-193
194-194
QN49
QN50
QN51
QN52
QN53
QN54
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who usually take 29
minutes or less to get to and from school each
day during the past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,102
973
140
67.6
32.4
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more of the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,155
2,000
60
37.4
62.6
Percentage of students who reported that most of
the students in their school were kind and helpful
most of the time or always during the past 30 days
Yes
1,296
1
No
1,781
2
Missing
138
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians checked to see if their homework was
done most of the time or always during the past
30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,280
1,876
59
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians understood their problems and worries
most of the time or always during the past 30 days
Yes
1,260
1
No
1,850
2
Missing
105
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians knew what they were doing with their
free time most of the time or always during the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,300
1,778
137
41.9
58.1
41.2
58.8
40.9
59.1
43.1
56.9
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
262-262 QNROVWGT
263-263 QNOVWGT
265-265 QNFRVGG
266-266 QNANYTOB
267-267 QNMINPAG
268-268
QNWKRD
358-369
Weight
370-374
PSU
375-383
Stratum
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who are at risk for
becoming overweight
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
190
2,810
215
6.4
93.6
Percentage of students who are overweight
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
14
2,986
215
0.4
99.6
Percentage of students who ate five or more
servings of fruits and vegetables per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
609
2,553
53
19.5
80.5
Percentage of students who used any tobacco
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
181
2,888
146
6.2
93.8
Percentage of students who were physically
active for at least 60 minutes per day on less than
five days per week on average
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,509
566
140
82.4
17.6
Percentage of students who spent less than 2.5
hours total walking or riding a bicycle to and
from school during the past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,449
520
246
82.2
17.8
Country
Question
Number
Weight
Primary Sampling Unit
Stratum
24